Hawk at ISO 12800

[Mike Delgado]

Shot taken under cloudy & rainy skies at 8:30 pm. This hawk was plucking a Dove in my backyard for dinner. Shot taken at ISO 12800




Nikon D4
Nikon 500mm F4
Aperture F-4
Speed 1/800 Sec
ISO 12800

[Marina Scarr]

That's a pretty impressive image esp at such a high ISO. You can tell that coopers was really tearing that prey up and down. I just so wish, as I am sure you do too, that the BG were a bit better. That said, however, well done on capturing this behavior/action and doing what you had to do in terms of techs.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Killer image Mike and stunning IQ at this high ISO! Well done

[Arthur Morris]

Looks great at such a high ISO. I could do without the brown and black stuff in the background upper right. I love the face-full of feathers. Why had you set such a high ISO?

[Mike Delgado]

Looks great at such a high ISO. I could do without the brown and black stuff in the background upper right. I love the face-full of feathers. Why had you set such a high ISO?

Arthur

I just wanted to test the camera out. The light & rain did not help under the circumstances.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Mike. Good answer as I have been there and done that.

[Loi Nguyen]

Mike, impressive image at such high ISO. Love the wet look of the hawk and the feathers in his face. Loi

[Daniel Cadieux]

I test a camera out on common subjects or situations...here you are testing on a dream raptor feeding frenzie! Nice low angle, sharpness, and the rain adds alot. I only wish the BG was better. Well done.